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Snipers are assigned the mission to protect a Georgian gas pipeline from terrorists. Our starring thinks of a security breach and he attempts to chase the mole. Elite snipers Brandon Beckett (Chad Michael Collins) and Richard Miller (Billy Zane) under the command their Colonel (Dennis Haysbert) carry out the assignment, but their snipers being murdered by a ghost shooter who knows their exact location. Little by little things go wrong when betrayal and ambushes take place.

The typical story of commandos of brave special forces with full of fractic action, violence, shootouts, intrigue, twists and turns. This is another entry in the "Sinper" saga that began in 1992 with "Luis Llosa's Sniper" starring Tom Berenguer, Billy Zane. There's suspense enough provided by an intrigue in which the group of snipers is usually betrayed and to find out the real guilty. And, of course, the ordinary drones with missiles pull off the habitual wreak havoc against the islamist enemy. Along the way, the smooth runnings of the operations are swiftly jeopardized by growing dangers, treason, and other shortfalls. Tensions boil as a security breach is suspected and the question is if there're someone working with the enemy on the inside. In the cast repeat actors of the saga as Chad Michael Collins, Dennis Haysbert, and Billy Zane, along with others as Nick Gómez, Ravil Isyanov, Ene Frost and Stephanie Vogt.

The motion picture was uneven but adequately directed by Don Michael Paul, and he would make a similar follow-up: "Sniper: Legacy". He is a good American filmmaker who has made some decent films, and with successes enough. This craftman has directed a number of movies and many of them are sequels. Don Michael Paul is a secondary actor and director, as he has made all kinds of genres with penchant for action movies, such as : " The Scorpion King, Book of Souls" , "Death Race: Anarchy", starring Zach McGowan, " Jarhead 2", "Sniper Legacy", "Lake Placid:Final Chapter", "Bulletproof 2", "Kindergaten cops 2", "Who is your caddy?", "The garden", among others. "Sniper: Ghost shooter" rating: 5,5/10. Acceptable and passable, recommended for enthusiasts of the long series only, and for completists.

Macabre, sinister and repulsive in equal measure, while still adding big fun, this belated follow-up to Burton's 1998 film reunites that eccentric, otherworldly group, headilined by Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder. More than 30 years later, Beetlejuice remains in love, in his own way, with Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder), who is still able to see all kinds of ghosts.. except for her husband (Santiago Cabrera), something her daughter can't quite forgive him for. When, following a tragic event, the family group consisting of Lydia, the stepmother Delia (Catherine O'Hara), and her daughter Astrid (Jenna Ortega) leave their home in city and return to the old haunted mansion, a series of coincidences end up opening a portal to the Afterlife.

This is a grotesque and surreal farce with continuous but already seen surprises, including strange situations, monstrous beings from another world, and abundant special effects. Although there are many monsters, they do not really inspire terror or dread, but rather sympathy, laughter or compassion. There is, therefore, a great deal of humor mixed with horror, and full of bizarre or bombastic events without much sense, which will please fans of the original and already aging first movie, but will leave neophytes who do not know the background with a rather rare face. As for the participating actors , they dutifully fulfill their roles , adapting to the characters they play, reprising the already quite veteran Winona Ryder, alongside Michael Keaton. Catherine O'Hara, and new appearances, such as: the rising actress Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Willem Defoe, Monica Belucci, Burt Gorman, Danny DeVito and Santiago Cabrera. Other performers from the first version as Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Annie McEnroe have been left out, while Jeffrey Jones is relegated to computer animated role.

The film was professionally made by Tim Burton, with no original surprises, and without contributing anything new to his vision of his own world. In fact, for those of us who have already seen the former 1988 rendition, there is nothing innovative or new worth mentioning. Thanks to the success of that movie, it provided Tim Burton with the opportunity to make blockbusters like the enormous Batman (1989) , also starring Michael Keaton. This displayed significant power in Hollywood for Burton, giving him the possibility to make more personal works like "Edward Scissorhands", starring Johnny Depp, who, along with Keaton, is another of his favorite actors.

Ruby (Jean Reno) is a silent convict, a temperamental criminal who thinks only about escaping from prison to avenge the death of his lover (Leonor Varela) at the hands of a mobster, while also attempting to unearth a valuable loot from a previously committed robbery, which is well hidden. In the same cell is Quentin (Gérard Depardieu), a lousy, botcher petty thief, being large and dim-witted, who can't keep quiet, always getting into mischief. Thus, Ruby is tormented by the verbosity of his cellmate until things lead to an even more complicated fate. Throughout, the unlikely and peculiar duo is being relentlessly chased by a stubborn and swift policeman (Richard Berry) , along with an evil crime boss.

A film of the "Buddy Movies" genre, including noisy action, pursuits, confusion, shootouts and big fun. Francis Veber is the screenwriter of charming comedias such as " Little Vices" and its sequel " La Cage aux Follies". His greatest directorial success was the box-office hit " Dinner for Schmucks", following the commercially successful "Coming out". This amusing "Shut up !", follows the same vein of simple-minded yet eccentric roles. It turns out to be a bombastic comedy with sparkling dialogues and silly situations, taking advantage of the difference in character between the roles played by two of the best actors in French cinema, such as: Jean Reno, a specialist in performing tough and reserved types as "The professional", "Ronin", or "The Crimson Rivers" and the chameleonic Gérard Depardieu, capable of playing comic characters, usually good-natured or dim-witted, as in the saga " Asterix and Obelix" or " Coming out of the Closet", as well as in dramatic roles, such as: " Novecento" or his big hit "Cyrano de Bergerac". Along with them, a good cast of renowned French supporting actors: Richard Berry, André Dussolier, Jean-Pierre Malo, Lauren Gamelon, Moscato, the prestigious interpreter Michael Aumont, as well as a brief appearance by the beautiful Leonor Varela in a double but short role.

The motion picture was decent and competently written/directed by Francis Veber. This writer and filmmaker with a long career, working since the early 1980s, is one of the finest craftsmen in French cinema. An expert in comedies, many of which, in addition to the French versions, have been adapted in Hollywood, either by himself or directed by other filmmakers. Among the most successful films by this aforementioned author are: "Le Chevre" (1981), "Les Compares" (1983), "Three fugitives" (1989), "Dinner game" (1998), "Coming out of the closet" (1990), among others. Score: 6.5/10. An acceptable and almost remarkable movie, especially recommended for fans of Depardieu and Reno, delighting their enthusiasts, since they command the screen.